Karol Wojtyła (senior)

Karol Wojtyła (18 July 1879 - 18 February 1941) – soldier, non-commissioned officer of Austro-Hungarian Army and Captain of Polish Armed Forces' administration, father of Karol Józef Wojtyła, who later became pope John Paul II. Servant of God in Catholic church. He died from what is believed to be a heart attack in 1941 while his son was away, and this event is considered to have influenced his son's decision to join the seminary.

Karol Wojtyła
Karol Wojtyła
Nickname(s)Karol
Born(1879-07-18)18 July 1879
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Died18 February 1941(1941-02-18) (aged 61)
Kraków, Poland
Service/branchAustro-Hungarian Army
Polish Army

Life
The tomb of Karol Wojtyła, his wife Emilia and his son Edmund

Karol Wojtyła was born on 18 July 1879 in Lipnik[1]. He was a son of Maciej Wojtyła (born in 1852 in Czaniec, died 23 September 1923 in Wadowice[2]) and his first wife Anna Marianna Przeczek (1853-1881, born and died in Lipnik).

He married Emilia Kaczorowska on 10 February 1906.The wedding took place in Kraków, in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków. They had three children: Edmund (1906-1932), Olga Maria (1906-1932)[3], Karol Józef (1920-2005).

He was a taylor by trade[4]. In 1900 he was called up for Austro-Hungarian Army. He has spent 27 years in army in total[5]. He was a non-com, during the World War I he was transfered to Hranice on Moravia, among others, he fought in Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive in may 1915. In August 1915, he was appointed military registrar's officer on 1 September 1915 and as an overcommissioned soldier of the 56th Infantry Regiment he worked in the Wadowice County Supplementary Command until 1918[6][7][8][9]. Before 1917 he was awarded the Iron Cross of Merit with a crown.

After Poland regained independence, he was admitted to the Polish Army and was an officer of the 12th Infantry Regiment from Wadowice. He was promoted to the rank of Poruchik in the corps of professional administrative officers of the office department[10]. In 1924 he served in the Wadowice County Supplementary Command[10]. Before 1928 he was retired[11]. In 1934, as a retired lieutenant, he remained in the records of the Poviat Supplementary Command Wadowice[12].

The Wojtyłas (John Paul's parents) on their wedding day

In 1929, as a result of myocarditis and kidney failure, his wife died, and three years later, his son Edmund Wojtyla died of scarlet fever. In 1938 he moved from Wadowice, together with his adolescent son Karol, to Kraków. He died there on February 18, 1941[13][14]. He was buried in the military cemetery on Prandoty Street in Kraków.

Commemoration/beatification process

The role of Karol Wojtyła Senior in the film Karol: A Man Who Became Pope played Olgierd Łukaszewicz[15] and Robert Mazurkiewicz in the Pope John Paul II (miniseries)[16] and Alfred Burke in the film Pope John Paul II (film)[17].

In 2018 his and his wife's name was given to one of the streets in Lublin[18]. The Wojtyls are also patrons of the street in Wadowice[19].

On 11 March 2020 Marek Jędraszewski, Archbishop of Kraków, announced the beginning of the process of beatification of Karol and Emilia Wojtyła[20]; officially the process of beatification of John Paul II's parents began on 7 May 2020 in Wadowice[21].

References
  1. "Karol Wojtyła".
  2. "Historia [Dzieje rodu Wojtyłów]".
  3. "Dziennikarz KAI odkrył fakty dotyczące siostry Jana Pawła II". ekai.pl. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  4. Alfabet Jana Pawła II. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Kluszczyński. 2005. p. 167. ISBN 83-7447-023-2.
  5. Alfabet Jana Pawła II. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Kluszczyński. 2005. p. 167. ISBN 83-7447-023-2.
  6. "Semtember-Borrüdung im Heere" (in German). Nr 236. 26 August 1915: 2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Ranglisten des Kaiserlich und Königlichen Heeres 1916. Wiedeń. 1916. p. 1168.
  8. Ranglisten des Kaiserlich und Königlichen Heeres 1917. Wiedeń. 1917. p. 1522.
  9. Ranglisten des Kaiserlich und Königlichen Heeres 1918. Wiedeń. 1918. p. 1885.
  10. Rocznik Oficerski 1924.
  11. Rocznik Oficerski 1928.
  12. Rocznik Oficerski Rezerw 1934.
  13. "Kronika żałobna". Nr 43. 21 February 1941: 4. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. "Zarząd Cmentarzy Komunalnych w Krakowie. Internetowy lokalizator grobów. Karol Wojtyła".
  15. "Karol - człowiek, który został papieżem (2005) TV".
  16. "Pope John Paul II".
  17. "Pope John Paul II (1984)".
  18. "Ulica w Lublinie nazwana imieniem Emilii i Karola Wojtyłów".
  19. "Ulica Wojtyłów, Wadowice".
  20. "Abp Marek Jędraszewski ogłosił decyzję o otwarciu procesów kanonizacyjnych Emilii I Karola Wojtyłów".
  21. "Rozpoczął się proces beatyfikacyjny Emilii i Karola Wojtyłów".

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